Social governance and institutional responsibility: legal paradigms for human rights compliance in the corporate sector
Social governance and institutional responsibility: legal paradigms for human rights compliance in the corporate sector
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i2.2025.2088Keywords:
Social Governance. Human Rights Compliance. Public Advocacy. ESG. Institutional Responsibility.Abstract
Contemporaneity imposes on organizations, whether public or private, a duty of conduct that transcends mere formal legality, requiring substantive adherence to principles of social governance and respect for human rights. This scientific article proposes an exhaustive and technical analysis of the intersection between Public Advocacy, Social Security Law, and Social Compliance, establishing a new theoretical framework for institutional responsibility. The methodology is based on a systematic and critical bibliographic review, correlating international treaties, Brazilian legislation, and corporate governance theories (ESG). The study is structured into seven high-density thematic axes, exploring everything from the historical evolution of social responsibility to the implementation of human rights risk matrices. It discusses how corporate education and the creation of compliance protocols act as vectors for liability mitigation and equity promotion. The results indicate that organizational sustainability depends on the integration of ethical practices into institutional culture. It is concluded that the modern lawyer must act as an architect of integrity systems, capable of harmonizing profit with social welfare.
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